1 A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell; He has nourished me by the water of rest.
3 He has restored my soul; He has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You have prepared a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; and Your cup cheers me like the best wine.
6 Your mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.
2 But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in His law will he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
4 Not so for the ungodly — not so; but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in the judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

3 Then Satan entered into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.
4 And he went off and spoke with the chief priests and captains about how he might betray Him to them.
5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.
6 And he promised, and was seeking an opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the crowd.

1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 But let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.
6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,
10 but the rich man in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
11 For the sun arose with burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and its beautiful appearance perished. So the rich man also shall fade away in his pursuits.
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn away and being seduced by them.
15 Then lust, when it conceives, gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
18 Exercising His will He begat us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
19 So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observed himself and has gone away, and immediately forgot what sort of man he was.
25 But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one shall be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this man is useless.
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

10 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.
13 Because of this, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having accomplished all things, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
18 through every prayer and petition, praying in every season in the Spirit, being watchful to this same thing with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints--